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Chicago Cubs games are split between three broadcasters; Comcast SportsNet Chicago (owned by a consortium of NBCUniversal, and the Bulls, White Sox, Blackhawks, and Cubs—and displacing FSN Chicago in 2004), WGN Sports (whose games are split between WGN-TV and WPWR-TV), and WLS-TV.
WGN Sports (originally known as WGN-TV Sports from 1948 to 1993) was the programming division of WGN-TV (channel 9), an independent television station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States—which is owned by the Nexstar Media Group—that was responsible for all sports broadcasts on the station, some of which were previously also broadcast on its former national superstation feed, WGN ...
Giants' telecasts are split between KNTV (over-the-air) and NBC Sports Bay Area (cable). Jon Miller regularly calls the action on KNTV (on September 4, 2010, Miller made his first appearance with then Comcast SportsNet Bay Area), while the announcing team for NBC Sports Bay Area telecasts is Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper, affectionately known as "Kruk and Kuip" (pronounced "Kruke" and "Kype").
WGN-TV became the exclusive television broadcaster of White Sox games in 1981, before WFLD re-obtained broadcast rights the following year. After an eight-year run on WFLD, the White Sox returned to WGN-TV in 1990 after co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf agreed to long-term deals with the station for both the Sox and his NBA franchise, the Chicago Bulls. [2]
The team renewed CSN Chicago's broadcast rights (with the network carrying the bulk of the games), while local broadcasts were split between CSN Chicago and WGN-TV effective with the 2008–09 season; all of the team's games (both home and away) would be televised in high definition (due to the NHL's broadcast contracts, WGN-TV was barred from ...
Comcast SportsNet Chicago/NBC Sports Chicago (2004–2024) Chicago Sports Network (2024–present) †: from 1999 to 2014, WGN America only simulcast approximately half of WGN-TV's annual Bulls schedule.
While the Blackhawks, Bulls and the rest of the programming on the new Chicago Sports Network remains blacked out on Comcast, the cable giant is raising the monthly fee it charges subscribers to ...
Chicago Sports Network's flagship program is The Chicago Lead, a daily sports program covering all Chicago sports teams including local college and high school sports. In addition, the network also airs The Big College Football Show and The Big Pro Football Show , focusing on college football and the National Football League , respectively.